Combination hood and double back for garments



Dec. 28, 193?. BLAUER 2,193,608

COMBINATION HOOD AND DOUBLE BACK FOR GARMENTS Filed June 12, 1936 f "4.0a AS ,B/auw;

Patented Dec. 28, 1937 I UNITED; STATES, PAreNrf oFF1cE COMBINATION noon AND OUBLE BACK A r 1 FOR GARMENTSH LouisBlaiier, Brookline, Mass. I f Application June 12, 1936, Serial No.. 84,965

' 2 Claims. (01. 2'84) This invention relates generally to hooded garments, and has more particular reference to certain new and useful improvements in the type of combination hood and double back for gar- 5 ments shown in U. S. Patent No. 2,036,609 issued April 7, 1936 to Oscar Rosen.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a combination hood and double back of the above type which will more snugly fit around the neck and under the chin of the wearer when adjusted over the head for use as a hood, although providing sufficient fullness at the sides so as to avoid uncomfortable pressure on the ears of the wearer. I I Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved hood and double back member for garments, of the abovetyp which will more completely cover the back of the wearer and eliminate any extension of wings over the shoulders and downward underneath the front of the coat at its lapel portions.

By reason of the above improvements, I provide a hood affording more satisfactory protection of the wearer against the elements, and one which 25 may be made with extreme economy of material, while affording maximum covering of the back when the device is, not in use as a hood, and presenting a neat and tailored appearance when used as a hood.

With the above objects in view, the present invention consists in the novel construction hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

I In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevational view of a coat having associated therewith a combination hood and double back constructed in accordance with the present invention, said combination hood and double back being in the position to act as a double back member.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the device as it appears adjusted over the head of a wearer for use as a hood; and

Figure 3 is a planview of the blank from which the present combination hood and double back is formed.

' Referring more in detail to the drawing, I indicates a coat or like garment having a collar II and arm holes I2. The present invention is shown applied to this coat in a manner to be later described.

The present combination hood and double back is formed from a sheet of cloth or other suitable material, which is initially cut in the blank form of Figure 3. 'This sheet or blank; enerally indicated at I3, has a slightly and inwardly curved arcuate upper edge, and is formed at equal dis-v tances from the sides with downwardly or'inwardly cut elongated v shaped notches I5, the

edges of which are brought and stitched together as indicated at I6 in Figures 1 and 2. Also, the sheet ,or blank I3 is of a%width to extend entirely across the back of the coat or garment ID from the inside of. one arm hole. I2 to the other as shown in Figure 1, the side edges of the sheet or blank I3 being. inwardly curved as at I! for. lying close to and conforming to the curvature of the inner sides of said arm holes as is also clearly shown. Obviously,,this provides for completerd'ouble back protection for the wearer when the device'is disposed inside, the garment or coat as in Figure In practice, the intermediateportion of "the upper edge Id of the sheet I3, or that portion between the notches I5, is stitched to the inside of the neck portion of the garment III as at I8. This leaves the upper corner portion of the sheet or blank unattached permanently to the garment I9 and provides relatively short blunt flaps or wings I9 that may be brought up and around snugly under the chin of the wearer for being suitably secured in overlapped relation in this position, to afiordgood protection against the elements. device to snugly fit around the sides and front of the neck of the wearer when the deviceis used as a hood as in Figure 2 so as to present a neat appearance. There is no need of providing long projecting wings extending down and under the lapels of the coat because such protection as is had in this way may be afforded by simply turning the collar of the coat up. For securing the overlapped edges of the flaps I9 together under the chin of the wearer, any suitable fasteners may be provided such as buttons 20 on the edge of one flap I9 engageable in button holes 2I in the edge of the other flap I9. Also, the flaps I9 may be suitably fastened to the inside of the coat when the device is worn as a double back member, the fastening means permitting quick disconnection of the flaps I9 from the garment when the device is to be worn as a hood. As shown, this means may consist of buttons 22 attached to the inside of the garment I0 near the neck portion of the collar I I and respectively engageable in a button hole 23 in one of the flaps [9 which carries the button 20, and in one of the button holes 2| of the other At the same time, this causes the 30 flap I9. It will be noted that the wings or flaps I 9 are relatively short and blunt so as to provide proper chin flaps, but do not extend over the shoulders and down under the lapels of the coat or garment l0. Naturally, by providing the notches l5 and securing the portions of the sheet [3 together at opposite edges of these notches, the device provides for snug fitting around the neck of the wearer while permitting sufficient fullness above the neck to insure comfort and avoid undue pressure against the ears of the wearer.

The sheet I3 is cut in the usual way along its lower edge to provide the two semi-circularly shaped portions 24, the edges of which are provided with the cooperating members of a conventional zipper fastener, as at 25. Such zipper fastener also includes the usual slide 26 by means of which the curved edges of the portions 24 are brought and secured together so as to shape and secure the device in the form of a hood as in Figure 2. Obviously, with the device disposed flatly inside and against the back of the garment It] as in Figure 1, it may be removably secured in that position by any suitable means such as buttons 21 attached to the inside of the back of the garment or coat I0 and engageable in button holes 28 provided in the lower corners of the portions 24. When the device is to be used as a hood, it is unbuttoned at 21, 28 and at 2|, 22 and 22, 23. The device is then drawn upwards at the back of and over the head where it is secured by closing the zipper fastenings 25, 26. The flaps I9 are then fastened in overlapped condition under the chin of the wearer by engagement of buttons 20 in button holes 2| as shown in Figure 2.

From the foregoing description, it is believed that the novelty and advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

What I claim as new is:

1. A garment having an adjustable hood, said hood comprising a sheet or material suspended from the inside neck portion of a garment and fitting snugly adjacent the inside of the back portion of said garment and extending substan tially from the inner side of one arm hole of the garment to the other, said sheet further comprising two upper wing portions located inside the garment and terminating at the shoulders thereof providing short flaps adapted to be brought up under and secured in overlapped relation beneath the chin of the wearer when said sheet is in use as a hood, and means for securing said flaps in such overlapped relation.

2. A garment having an'adjustable hood, said hood comprising a sheet of material suspended from the inside neck portion of a garment and fitting snugly adjacent the inside of the back thereof and with the edges thereof at the sides of said notches stitched together for causing said member to snugly fit around the neck of the wearer when said sheet is used as a hood.

LOUIS BLAUER.

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